Artist Pat Witt, the brush that stirs the paint at the Barn Studio of Art in Millville, hates electronics.

Anything past a toaster is off limits.

When giving a lecture, she’ll say, “If you have a cellphone turned on, please turn it off. You’re messing up my spacemaker.’’

And points to her chest.

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Pat Witt will be on TV on Channel 23 Sunday night at 10 p.m.

And again at 4 a.m.

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Hundreds flocked to her annual art show Sunday afternoon and the 86-year-old queen of canvas, the maven of marshland, the siren of sunsets spent the entire afternoon outdoors at her magic kingdom on Whittaker Avenue greeting guests and watching the bamboo grow 3 inches an hour.

“I was up at 4:30 this morning,’’ she said.

We found out why she eats at Winfield’s.

“Ricky Abbott (owner) has been one of my biggest supporters,’’ she announced. “When we held the event at the Levoy, he paid for the entire reception.’’

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Who knew bamboo could be so prolific?

Once you have it, you can’t get rid of it.

One person at the art show said she has heard of people paying $5,000 to dig up all the roots.

And it came right back.

“You can hear it grow,’’ said Pat Witt.

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Wouldn’t a panda be cheaper?

“Twenty or 30,’’ said the woman.

“Grow it in concrete trenches,’’ warned Pat.

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Remember when Bay Day was Bay Days and was held over two days?

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Remember when Ed Pio was the assistant soccer coach at Bridgeton High School?

“I loved it there,’’ he said Sunday afternoon as he sold a walking stick with a carved bird on top at Pat Witt’s gathering.

“Had Cumberland Regional never happened, I would still be there,’’ he said, rattling off names like Jorge Ballinger and Bill Beck who played for the Bulldogs back then.